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(No Model.)

J. F ADAMS.

SHOW CARD.

No. 362,050. Patented May a, 1887.

N4 PETERa Phvto-Lilhogmfller, Washington, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOW-CARD.

SPECIPICATIONjorming part of Letters Patent N0. 362,050, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed December 23, 1886. Serial No. 222,373. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. ADAMs,-a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Cards, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to a card which is especially designed for usefor holding that class of large pins which are used principally fortrimming and fastening ladies hats and bonuets, and which are providedwith large ornamental heads, the heads being in manyinstances either ofsuch form or material that they will become broken or damaged ifsubjected to any considerable pressure. These pins, the same as ordinarypins, have hereto fore been placed for exhibition and for the purpose ofpacking upon ordinary flat cards; but when the pins were placed uponsuch cards it was necessary, owing to the size of the pins, andparticularly the great size of the heads of the pins, to bend the cardconsiderably, and this so distorted the card that it did not display thepins to good advantage. Aside from this, the heads of the pins pressedagainst the card, and when the cards were packed in boxes one aboveanother the upper card rested directly upon the heads of the pins on thelower cards, so that the pin -heads, if they were made, as isfrequently-the case, of fragile material, were liable to become damaged.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a card forreceiving this class of pins which shall be so constructed that it willreceive the pins without becoming destroyed, and thus exhibit them in amore attractive manner, and which shall also be so constructed that whena number of the cards are packed one above another in a box, as forstorage or shipment, the heads of the pins will be protected frombecoming damaged.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one ofthe cards constructed according to the present invention, showing anumber of the ornamental pins of the class referred to arranged thereon;and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of two of the cards placed one upon theother, as they will be when packed for storage or shipment.

Referring to said figures, it is to be understood that the body of thecard, or the card proper, consists of apiece of pasteboard or othersuitable material, A,.of rectangular or other suitable 'form, andprovided with any suitable ornamentation to give it an attractiveappearance. Secured to the face of this card is a second piece ofsimilar material, B,which is bent so as to provide two flanges, b, whichproject outward at or substantially at right angles to the card A, andwhich are of a width equal to or somewhat more than the thickness of theheads of the pins. The flanges b may of course be made of separatepieces of material secured to the face of the card A in any suitablemanner; but it will usually be preferable to make them of a single piecebent to the form shown in the present case. With a card thusconstructed, the pins 0 are inserted through the two flanges, as shown,so that their heads 0 lie upon the outsides of the flanges and above themargins of the card A.

It will be seen that when the card is thus constructed and the pins arethus applied to the card, the card A remains in its original flatcondition, and the heads 0 of the pins do not rest or rub against thecard, but stand well out from it, so as to be displayed to the bestpossible advantage. The flanges I) also serve, as will be seen byreference to Fig. 2, to protectthe heads of the pins when the cards arepacked one above another in the boxes for storage or shipment, astheyprevent the upper cards from resting upon or coming into contact withthe heads of the plush] the card or cards beneath. 4

\Vhat I claim is The herein-described show-card for ornamental pins,consisting of a flat card, A, provided with theflanges'b, made of aseparate piece or pieces of material, and secured to the card A, andextending at or substantially at right angles thereto, and adapted toreceive the pins 0, the flanges I) being of such width as to protect theheads of the pins, substantially as shown and described. g

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN rLAnAMs.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. GRAHAM, J AS. J. KENNEDY.

